Greetings,
As I understand it, compost is used to clean up radioactive fallout
from nuclear power plants. Add some mushroom spores if you are
worried, they do a great job of reclaiming the soil.
Bright Blessings,
Garth & Kim Travis
www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
Bedias, Texas
On 6/6/2012 11:52 AM, Michael Astera wrote:
The compost contaminant that I am most concerned with at present is
radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuke plant; this is ongoing,
and so
far not decreasing; there is a constant flow of radioactive pollution
into
the North Pacific Ocean, and constant rainout of radioactive
particles from
the upper troposphere in the N hemisphere.
Radioactive Strontium and Cesium are particular concerns. Plants will
readily take up Cesium in place of Potassium, and Strontium in place of
Calcium from the soil. As these contaminants are falling in rain as
well
as settling out from still air, they are going to be landing on the soil
surface and the plant leaves.
How wise is it at present to rake up leaves and compost them, or till in
mulch that has been exposed over the past year to radioactive fallout?
Michael A
http://soilminerals.com
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Jason Wind<jasonw@networx.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Sean McGovern recommended that I post an article that was featured
on our
website about preventing contaminants in home compost piles.
You can read the article here:
http://www.networx.com/article/preventing-contaminants-in-home-compost
Enjoy the article!
Jason Wind
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